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Thursday 4/17/08
If I Were President:
It is that epoch again, election time. This is the monumental event of our democracy where all intelligent, capable rich elitists, possessing the basic human ability to read a lengthy pamphlet, fork over their global earnings to run for the most prestigious and powerful position in the world: President of the United States. In this democratic process we will hear from every candidates as to why they, 'THEY' should be elected to run the free world. We will hear rhetoric over and over again how they want us to "Believe" and they are "For a brighter future" and "Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah". They will remind us as to why the word "politics" should add the letter 'K' and be hyphenated as a contraction of poly and ticks. This my friends is the pinnacle of mankind's greatest achievement; this will show our superiority over the animal kingdom by mudslinging, degradation, finger pointing and the ambiguous, "I'm for change!"
Actually I'm not going to talk about the candidates or their views because they are lying sons (or daughter) of a female canine who if asked what time it is would tell you to go talk to the committee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. No, I'm going to talk about what I would do if I were president. Not that anyone cares or would vote for me because I have no redeeming qualities other than being honest, which doesn't count. I wouldn't be elected due to the mere fact that I would piss-off to many people, enforce the constitution, and did I mention piss-off people? But by the freak chance that 300 Billion people died in America and I was in fact the last intelligent person and where Appellation inbreeds and green glowing roaches elected me president this is what I would do.
Economy:
It could be worse, a lot worse. The American economy is screwed because the 10% of foreclosed homes (due to subprime mortgages, which is to increase by 40% this year) have set off a chain reaction reverberating through every facet of life. Mix that with soaring gas prices it's ugly. For starters I would tell the banks to stop being greedy and negotiate with the mortgage holders for a more stable price that they can afford and then I would pull out my paddle and kick their behinds for being stupid. "Thank you sir, can I have another." Then I would revoke congressional bailouts and say, "Bad congress, bad! Go to your room." And do some more beatings.
With petroleum I'd immediately begin drilling of available oil reserves in Alaska leaving continental U.S reserves for just that. I'd stop playing games in Iraq and take 40% of their oil as payment for the war. I'd call it, "Kiss My A**, We're Taking What We Came Here For Act of whenever" And as for the Saudi's, I'd remove their diplomatic immunities just because their spoiled brats. That'd probably screw up relations with them and we'd get no more oil from them but we have Alaska, for about 30 years, and I'll be assassinated by then so I don't care.
Jobs going over seas? I'd put a high tariff on foreign production. If you pay someone in India for your call center then every dollar you pay them there will be a high tax on it. They earn $3.50/hour but you pay $10.50/hour. See how many jobs leave our shores now. Yeah, I'd be pissing-off a lot of people.
Civil Rights:
First I must state that I am a strict constructionist and don't subjectively interpret the constitution. The "People" means the people! So, when it says freedom of religion, little Bobby has a right to pray in class at PS104 in the Bronx, right before he buys a hit from Chewie.
All those damn hippies who like to exhibit their faggetry in the form of protests, I'll begrudgingly allow them with the prayerful hope of a stray 9mm. flying through… well never mind.
I'll settle the Second Amendment issue once and for all. "The right of the PEOPLE" means your old grandma who's packing a 44mag. has a right to shoot whoever enters with the intent of grievous harm. None of this collective rights crap. I'll repeal 99% of the federal gun laws on the books. California and New York will still be screwed but at least Georgia is safe.
Oh, and the PATRIOT ACT? You can trust me I wont abuse it.
Foreign Policy:
I'd like to say, "Either you're with us or you're against us." But that wouldn't work, mainly because of China. They own most of our debt (which I would ban further crediting from) so they got us by the balls although they are on the verge of a recession as we are. This is what I would do: I'd start a ghost agency under the cloak of a mainstream corporation with the responsibility of infiltrate and indoctrinate the Chinese people through their censored internet by hacking and infecting the Chinese technological infrastructure. Now I probably won't be in office long enough to see this through but with the right people I trust, once they see that the Chinese people are tired of their communist government this pseudo-company will obtain all debt from the Chinese as to release the preverbal balls in the vice and poise the U.S military to strike while the fire is hot. Oh, that debt we now have? It would be used to strengthen the economy somehow, not sure yet. China has a powerful army but with the deprogramming of their people they will be more easily beaten. Nuclear war? Don't worry, Appellation inbreeds and green glowing roaches remember? Well, I don't have it all planned yet but I'll get there. What I would do is make incentives for moving China made production to the states. That wouldn't be fair to other foreign made products not from China but who ever said I was fair? Honest yes, fair not so much.
Oh Iran? Eh, F*ck'em, literally. Give the people 24 to get out and watch the fireworks fly. Why do we need soldiers on the ground when there's nothing left. The next day contractors will be there to build the Wal-Mart superstore for the contractors who will be building the McDonalds. I rest my case.
War:
Americans are such babies. If we can't stand no more than four years of war then what are we going to do when we annex Canada. I hate war but you don't see me crying about it.
Iraq is a mess. We went in there with good intensions but like most intentions they get mucked up with 'feelings'. We went there to remove Saddam and we did. So where's our spoils? It's stuck in the freakin' ground! Stop this democratization crap, these people wouldn't know what to do with it if we handed it to them on a silver platter, oh wait, we did! Colonize the place, rape the land and call Halliburton when we've had a good day. Simple as that.
And as for terrorists, we will hunt you down! U.S citizen ship to anyone who finds Osama and Rosie O'Donnell's assets. Not Obama, we don't want him. You can have him.
Crime:
Two problems with crime in America: the criminals who commit it and the empathy shown by society. I'll put an end to the latter. If you are convicted of committing an intentional, premeditated homicide, and three or more people saw you do it then you have one year for appeals and then you are executed. None of this expensive lethal injection crap. A $.30 bullet through the head by my own arsenal; cheap and painless. Open casket? You're going in the grinder for the cow to eat, what do you care. While I'm on the subject, since when do felons have constitutional rights? Anybody?
Also if you are in and out of prison for more than three major offenses then you stay there.
Child molesters? No special treatment, put'em in the general population, hehehe.
Gangs? That has to do with the deterioration of the family unit and moral fiber. But same rules apply as above.
United Nations:
I'd kick their sorry butts out of New York and possibly get out of it all together. Haven't decided.
Cabinet:
I'd rename the Department of Defense to the 'Department of A**-Whoopin' and appoint Chuck Norris as secretary. Who would mess with us then, really? Cheech and Chong would be Secretary of Agriculture just for the humor of it.
That's what I got so far. It's not much and really off the wall but as we can see I'll never become president, thankfully. But I wouldn't mind future presidents taking head and implementing a few of my ideas. In a perfect world we wouldn't need a president but in the real world we do so it is our duty to elect one that best compromises the values of America and most importantly show's no remorse in doing so. Thank you, and God Bless America!
Friday 3/7/08
Still alive, barely.
Thursday 1/14/08
Molon Labe
Thursday 12/6/07
I know I haven't posted in a while (3 months). But I just
haven't had time with work, life, having a cold for the past month. Anyways
I'm working on a few posts so there will be new stuff soon.
Sunday 9/9/07
I want to start off by saying that I am not a certified firearms instructor nor do I claim to be. But that doesn't mean that I need a paper certificate to introduce and teach newcomers the world of target shooting and safety. I love the sport of shooting and love to introduce others to it when I can. I fired my first gun when I was younger, maybe in my teen years. But really didn't get into it until after I was old enough to purchase my first rifle at age 18. So since then I've been self teaching myself this awesome sport. Though I am all right at it, I am in no way near the skill level of professionals. But I can still help those who have never held a gun before gun safety and proper shooting techniques, and I do.
From what I remember, I've introduced about eight people of whom have never or only once before handled a firearm in their life. Most were young, 18-26 years of age, and most were close friends of mine. And except for two most of them were all women. And this is what I've learned from teaching these people.
Safety is something that has to not only be taught, but drilled in. You can tell someone a hundred times the rules of gun safety but until they are practicing it through repetition, mistakes are bound to be made. Let me start off with the four cardinal rules of gun safety. 1: Treat ALL guns as if they are loaded, even if you know they aren't. 2: Keep your gun pointed in a safe direction at all times and only point it at a person if you're going to shoot them. 3: Keep your finger off the trigger at all times until you're ready to fire. And 4: Know your target and what's behind your target; don't shoot until you've properly identified your target. If a shooter can remember these four rules then shooting can be as fun and as safe as playing poker. (Fine, find your own analogy.) But, failure to follow these rules can have serious negative consequences, but I'm sure you all know that. Now no one I've taken shooting has ever intentionally broken these rules. I've only seen some 'bending' of rules due to excitement or nervousness in those new shooters. A common error for me to see in new shooters is after a shot has been fired, in their excitement they will keep their finger on the trigger and move the gun with their body towards me to show their shot. All is well except now a loaded, 'hot' firearm is pointing at me with the shooters finger on the trigger. Not good. I immediately and simultaneously move the gun so it's pointing down range and remind the shooter to keep their finger off the trigger. That is the most common mistake I see in new shooters. And that's why I've come to learn that no matter how much you tell someone, the only way they'll truly learn is through safety practice. And it's understandable, with the exhilaration and adrenaline rush accompanied with firing a gun for the first time it's not unusual and sometimes expected for people to forget basic things. That is why sometimes I will have the new shooter practice gun safety with an empty gun.
And that brings me to the second thing I've learned. New shooters are scared, and I don't blame them. They are about to have a controlled explosion go off in their hands and if you've never done it before it is scary. It's loud, abrasive, powerful, and shocking. But with the proper training and practice it is so much fun. I could say that with every new shooter I've taken when they are on the line ready to shoot, I can see their hands shaking. They are shaking because there is a conflict in their brain as to shoot or not. They are telling their brain to pull the trigger but the common sense part in their head that controls us from doing stupid things is telling your hands not to do it knowing what the result will be. Now we eventually overcome it after shooting a few rounds, but when you're firing for the first time you're nervous. That is why I've learned to have new shooters practice pulling the trigger a few times with no round in the chamber. They can feel what it's like to pull the trigger without the initial fear of it going 'boom'. I've learned this is a great way to ease the nerves in new shooters. But I want to add that though there is the initial fear in shooting for the first time most of those I've introduced eventually overcame that fear and love shooting.
There are other things that I've learned tutoring this sport but I'll get into them later. These are just a few of the important things that I've observed and I think are the more important one to teach a newcomer. Shooting is fun when you practice and drill the safety aspect of it.
Tuesday 8/21/07
After my first day of psychology 100 class I came home and asked my friends on Myspace, "Is God basically the placebo effect?" And I got a few responses from very intelligent people. All were different, but all were insightful. And they then asked for my thoughts, so here it is.
First let me explain what the placebo effect is. One website defined it as:
The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health not attributable to treatment. This effect is believed by many people to be due to the placebo itself in some mysterious way. A placebo (Latin for "I shall please") is a medication or treatment believed by the administrator of the treatment to be inert or innocuous. Placebos may be sugar pills or starch pills. Even "fake" surgery and "fake" psychotherapy are considered placebos."
In short, a sick person thinks they are receiving medicine to make them healthy but in fact are given a sugar pill (a nothing) but are healed though no way of the medicine that wasn't given to them. This works through how our brains and thoughts and emotions and brain chemistry relay messages to our body chemistry. So they weren't healed by anything but their own thoughts of being healed. That is in essence the placebo effect. So now, that begs to ask the question, is that what is happening when we pray to God? Are the mere thoughts and emotions of God healing us, or is there really a God that can truly make the blind see or the lame walk and heal you when you pray to him?
Well, to tell you what I believe, I know there is a God that can and does heal with prayer. And I call that God Jesus. So does that mean that I don't buy into this placebo effect psychology BS? No. I believe that it is a real effect as anything else proven by man. But, and this is where you want to listen, to say that God is just the placebo effect is to not look at the whole picture. Ok, you can throw tomatoes and cuss at me now, I can take it…. you done? Great.
If my only basis for believing in my God was based on what he has done to my health and body by pray alone, then I would be doubtful and lean more towards this God-placebo theory. But since I have witnessed the awesome power and greatness of my God separate from what my body could do, I would be an utter fool to say that He is only in my head. I can count many times events, though grim and loss of total hope, end with the greatest of miracles with no other explanation than an outside force aiding in the outcome. Through my short time on this Earth I have come to realize that there is no doubt that there is a loving and very patient God who is in control of all. So if all the times I have cried out to God to heal my physical body was just the placebo effect in action (which only works in 1/3 of people) then how do you explain the other miracles that had nothing to do with my body and that my mind had no control over? "Happy thoughts Dan, your brain energy going out makes the events transpire the way you want." Ok, well, then what controls that energy going out? Once it leaves my body I'm no longer in control of it. I could argue this forever.
My point, I believe the placebo effect works in a small percentage of people because if it didn't we'd all be more miserable than we are now. That's why Voodoo works, that's why leaches worked, that's why doing the Hoky-poky works for whatever you want it to. But to say that every time God heals me is just my own mind at work is wrong. Disregarding the emotional feelings I get when I think of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I cannot with good conscience, deny the existence of my creator because of what I have witnessed and been through outside of my body. I hope that makes sense. There is a God, he is Jesus Christ, and I know this not just because of my mind, but what I have seen and physically felt because of His power and mere existence.
Saturday 7/28/07
Listening to all the candidates for the upcoming presidential primary, the candidate I liked most was the former governor to Massachusetts, Mitt Romney. I liked him until I read this article. Romney is against guns. He supports the assault weapons ban and during his senate run in '94 he supported gun-control laws that were opposed by the NRA.
Now I know that I will not agree on every issue with every candidate and I allow for that. But there are two things that I will not budge on: morals and gun rights. I cannot and will not support a candidate who views I deem immoral and who's views are anti-gun. Guns are our constitutional right and I'm so passionate about this that I believe any law abiding citizen should be allowed to walk down the street with an AK-47 on their back if they want. So when I see a candidate who is anything but pro-gun I see a candidate who will fail to follow our constitution and protect America. And now, Mitt Romney has show that and I cannot support him.
So who's left? I think the candidates to look at for the moment is Ron Paul or Duncan Hunter. But it's still early in the game and there's a lot of time for candidates to screw up.
Wednesday 6/27/07
So this is looking much better. And I finally have the scrolling bar on the side as I wanted. Took me forever and a day to figure it out but I got it.
Now all I need are things to write about. Let's see, there's the pending doom of nuclear war by Iran, North Korea and Russia. Or how about the lack of leadership shown by our elected officials? Oh no, I got it, I'll talk about the threat on our civil rights. Oh all the choices. Well I'll get to them, just not tonight. I had a long day at work and all I want to do is sit down in front of the TV and go into coma. I'll write something soon, when I feel like it. Just not right now.
Monday 4/9/07
"How can there be a God if there is so much pain and suffering in this world?"
This is a common question atheist ask to rationalize their denial of a creator. And it makes sense, on the surface. If Christians (me included) claim there is a loving God, Jesus Christ, who created the universe and all living things then why does He allow for so much suffering? How could this loving God allow for the Jew's to be murdered by many evil men throughout the ages? How could this God allow for so many sick children who did nothing to deserve it die everyday? How could a loving God allow the atrocities taking place around the world happen in the name of religion? Well, He can because He's GOD! And we as humans have a hard time understanding or rationalizing God's motives. But the answer is there, we just have to look at it in a different light. God's not ignoring our suffering; He's working to make it something wonderful.
It was hard for me to understand this myself because I too was looking at this question on a world view, as are atheists. One thing that bothered me was the amount of cancer sufferer's at my church. We all were Christians, worshiping the true God, Jesus Christ. And yet how can there be so much pain? But one day it came to me, a divine revelation if you will. If it weren't for our sufferings on Earth we wouldn't feel a need for God to save us and we'd die without Christ's salvation. Let me break it down for you. For starters, we are all sinners, ALL! Me especially. And because of our sins, even if we have just committed one small white lie, our punishment is death. Not death from this world at this moment but eternal death in Hell. But God loves us so He sent His son to die for us so that we may be saved. That is why we need God; Jesus Christ. But let's say that I'm doing well on Earth, I'm the healthiest person. I have all the money in the world, no worries, as perfect as it can be on Earth. In my view I don't need anyone. I feel like I don't need God because my life is perfect as it can be on Earth. But really I do. I do need God because I am a sinner who's destined for Hell. Do you see where I'm going with this? But in reality my life isn't perfect and I do need someone's help, God's. When we suffer it's not God cursing us with it, but it's God allowing for it to happen so that we will want to go to Him instead of ignoring Him. If things were well we'd feel that we don't need God and then we would die not accepting his gift of grace. But when things are bad we realize that we do need help and that help can only come from God and we go to Him. But God wants us to call upon the name of His son Jesus Christ always! When things are good and when things are bad. But when we get to relaxed with our good times and forget about God and that's when he allows for bad things to happen to remind us that we need his gift of salvation and his divine intervention. It's not egotistical, it's mercy.
God loves you and I so very much (John 3:16) that he decided to send His son, Jesus Christ to die in our place for our sins. What that means is that Christ went to Hell for us and paid the price for our sins and but rose from the dead three days later. Isn't that awesome! God has given us a "Get out of jail free card". So how do we cash in this gift? All you and I have to do is accept that Christ came, was crucified, and was resurrected for your sin's and repent from your sin's and accept Christ into your heart. That's it. Simple, but so hard for some. Especially for those who ask. "How can God allow for so much suffering?" But Christ loves us and wants us to go to Him.
I hope I have given a clear explanation to the question above. God allows us to suffer so we go to Him for help and we are saved. That's it.
Praise be to the Lord Christ Jesus on high. Amen.
